Eva's First Smiles

Eva is now just over three months old and the apple of her family's eyes. She is a happy and content baby for the most part, and was a trouper on our recent church history trip. We were finally able to catch some of her first smiles on camera. We feel so blessed to have her in our family!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

Tyson played his first round of t-ball this past spring. He improved in leaps and bounds from the start of the season to the end. We enjoyed watching him and the other 4-6 year olds that participated on the team. While Tyson may have had some confusion at the first about which direction to run or how to field the ball, he always gave it his best effort. We got a few chuckles watching him knock down his own team mates to retrieve a ball or to be the last man standing in the outfield as his team is already starting to bat. We love our little slugger and were so proud to see him give an all out effort each game!

Community Festival

Tyson and Elise enjoyed our community festivities at the Arbor Day celebration. They got to ride on horses, visit a petting zoo and bounce to their hearts' content in blow-up toys. The weather was great, and even Eva made it out for the special occasion!

Welcome little Eva!

Eva Katherine Miner was born on February 22, 2011. She weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce. She has been an angel baby and adored by her older brother and sister. She is now almost two months old and we are waiting to see whether she will have brown eyes like her sister or blue eyes like her brother. She has just barely begun to smile, but we have yet to capture it on camera.
Tyson just began T-ball a few weeks ago, and we are having a great time watching him learn the game. We got a few chuckles the first game to watch him run from 1st base to right field, instead of 2nd base. He also has been found the last man standing in the outfield while the rest of his team is in line ready to bat. While he may space out at times during the game, he is definitely starting to pick up the basics! We love our little slugger!
Elise is our little princess who never tires of dress-up and make believe. She is found at night making up songs and singing herself to sleep. She also has developed a love for dancing and likes to shake her little hips. She has a knack for art and will spend hours on creating pictures from crayons, paint or any other thing she can get her hands on.
We are loving our new home and have lots of projects to keep us busy. I am proud to say that Brad (with some help from my Dad) successfully installed ceiling fans in several rooms throughout our house. He is becoming quite the handy man these days!

Halloween 2010!

We enjoyed the ward trunk or treat this year, and Grandma Salmon was able to join the festivities with us. Our only problem with the ward party was that someone forgot to give the memo to the maintenance crew of the park to shut off the winter lawn sprinklers for the night. We ended up getting a shower we hadn't planned on that night as we ate our dinner. Oh well!
The kids enjoyed being a cowboy and genie... (we just told her it was Princess Jasmine)! They ended up with lots of candy and enjoyed hanging out with their cousins and friends. It is so much more fun now that they understand the holiday and get what it is all about. They were both starting to worry that Halloween might never come this year. Although their patience was tested, they were relieved when the big celebration finally came.

Halloween 2009

I guess better late than never! This is for the aunts & uncles who never got to see the kids for Halloween.

Tyson was a swashbuckling pirate with Elise as his sidekick fairy princess. Both kids enjoyed the endless supply of candy, as did their father!

Tyson's 3rd Birthday

Tyson was into the pirate theme this year for his birthday. We invited some friends for a party at the park. We played musical chairs, a cannon ball game and ended with the hunt for a treasure chest. Brad and I had fun coming up with the different clues and challenges the kids had to complete at each part of the treasure hunt. I made a pirate ship cake that turned out great until the 100 degree temperatures literally caused the ship to fall apart at the seams! Although it looked more like a ship wreck by the time we got around to eating it, at least it still tasted good!